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• Can prospective bill banning texting prevent car accidents, personal injury?

  Anneke Kurt | January 31, 2008 11:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Text messaging has become the fastest new way to keep in touch with family and friends. While sending text messages is fun, texting behind the wheel is dangerous and can cause car accidents resulting in personal injury or wrongful death. Ohio State Representative Diane Fessler believes that the practice is so dangerous, that she has introduced a bill that would make text messaging while driving...

• Ice not always to blame for personal injury from slip and fall

  Anneke Kurt | January 26, 2008 1:57 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Toledo, Ohio attorney Dale Emch handles cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, workers compensation, motorcycle and ATV accidents, as well has criminal defense. Read attorney Emch's most recent "Legal Briefs" column which can be found every other Sunday in the Toledo Blade. Dear Dale: When I came out of a convenience store recently, I slipped on...

• Will blinking stop signs prevent Toledo, Ohio car accidents?

  Anneke Kurt | January 18, 2008 10:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Ohio Department of Transportation, or ODOT, hopes that new, attention-grabbing signs will prevent car accidents, in turn reducing the number of personal injuries and wrongful deaths. Equipped with blinking LED lights, one such sign was installed at the intersection of Sylvania Ave. and Route 295 in October 2007. Earlier in March, a woman suffered wrongful death after a driver failed to see...

• Be careful of slip and fall accidents to prevent personal injury

  Anneke Kurt | January 15, 2008 9:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  As the winter months bring snow and ice, it is important to take extra caution when going outside and driving in inclement weather, to avoid slip and falls or car accidents. Our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys also want to remind readers that the natural accumulation of snow and ice cannot be considered a form of negligence when it comes to slip and fall accidents. Regardless, it is a...

• How much does age factor in to car accidents?

  Anneke Kurt | January 09, 2008 5:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Personal injuries from car accidents are on the rise as the baby boomers age. Many elderly drivers hang on to driving as a way to preserve their independence, but some don't have the ability to operate a motor vehicle, resulting in car accidents, personal injury, or wrongful death, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.Wrongful death caused by car accidents involving elderly drivers...

• Make sure to have proper insurance coverage in case of a car accident

  Anneke Kurt | January 07, 2008 6:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys frequently see cases where parties are seriously injured in a car accident, but the state minimum policy limits are not enough to cover the costs of their injuries. In some circumstances, a trip to the emergency room alone could eat the $12,500 state minimum reserved for someone suffering personal injury. Increasing the policy limits to a higher amount...

• Trucks, snowplows can cause truck accidents on icy roads

  Anneke Kurt | January 03, 2008 5:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  Trucks and other heavy motor vehicles have a harder time stopping than smaller cars, especially on ice and snow. Truck accidents involving semis and snowplows are frequent during the winter months, as ice makes roads slippery, and snow can affect visibility. Another common cause of truck accidents is fishtailing, when the rig connected to the cab of a semi truck goes in the opposite direction of...

• Fatal car accident takes life of two Bowling Green State University students

  Anneke Kurt | January 02, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Changing weather patterns of snow and ice during the winter are often the cause of car accidents resulting in personal injury and wrongful death. Slick roads and poor visibility contribute to the failure to control a motor vehicle, many times resulting in a car accident. Bad weather may have been a contributing factor in a fatal car accident that killed two Bowling Green State University...